Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-09
ALDEN'S MANIFOLD CYCL0PEDIA
OF KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE.

One of the most extraordinary liter
airy enterprises of the age is the work
which bears the above title.
The specimen pages which the pub
Usher sends free to any applicant,
show the type which is used-a good
clear-faced Brewer; also the form
Ideal for convenience, easy for the
eye, handy to hold. The volumes
will average about $40 pages each.
and there will probably be about
thirty Of them-the 6 manifold !"
number will not be inconvenient;
when you consult Cyclopedia you
are supposed to know what title"
you are looking for the lettering on
the back of each volume tells you at
a glance what titles will be found
within, so you do not look in the
wrong one-and the volumes are SO
+" handy" you quickly turn to the
sought-for page.
There will be several thousand il
lustrations-no" mere pictures" but
everything of importance that will
serve to illustrate.
The Manifold Cyclopedia is to be
much more than Encyclopedia of
Universal Knowledge;" it will en-
body also a Dictionary of the Eng
fish Language-including every word
which has any claim to a place in the
language. How often you have con-
suited Appleton's of Chambers's or
Johnson's Cyclopedia and failed to
find the title you were looking for
then consulted Webster's Unabridged
and r,ara c,rooacofs,1 ha xryarI holanrr
ed to the Dictionary rather than to
the Cyclopedia. Or you have con-
suited Webster, and found little more
than a mere definition Of the word
you must go to the Cyclopedia for de-
tails of knowledge. Or, more prob
able than either of the foregoing sup
positions, you do not own either a
first-class Cyclopedia or a first-class
Dictionary, or only one of the two,
because Of their prohibitory cost, so
you consult your Imagination " and
Sc go hungry " for lack of the few lines
of print that would satisfy you! In
the Manifold Cyclopedia you will find
a survey of all knowledge which is
by the English Language
and its cost is within your reach,
only so cents volume for cloth bind
ing, 65 cents for half morocco!
In this age of the world, no general
Cyclopedia or Dictionary can be in
any proper sense "original leach
new compilation, if it has merit, is
based upon the knowledge found en-
bodied in all its predecessors.
sc knowledge" as set forth in books
can not be monopolized by "patent"
or copyright "-only the form of
can be thus covered.
The latest discoveries Tor imaginings)
of the scientists, the latest "finds -
Tor frauds) of the arch@ologIsts, the
latest theories of the political econo-
mists-all are subject to the sight
drafts F" of the latest Encyclopedia.
Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia under
takes to combine in the most conven-
lent and concise land yet fully and
economical form possible, the results
Of the scholarship of the world, up to
the time of its publication. Awaiting
itself most of the labors of its pre-
1ecessors who have accomplished the
best results, the Manifold Cyclopedia,
lraws more largely from Chambers's
than from any other of the family of
Cyclopedia, and more largely from
Stormonth than from any other of
The family of Dictionaries-the Cham
Ders's is an acknowledge model for
Cyclopedia; but it is adapted partic-
llarly to England rather than to
Stormonth is the acknow-
edged peer of Webster, Worcester,
the Imperial, and Murray. as an au.
thority, but without a peer in the
combined qualities of conciseness,
clearness, and accuracy of learning.
No authorities, however, are blindly
followed, but effort is carefully made
10 bring all matters to the generally
accepted standard of the most eminent
rather than foreign,
Editorial talent second to none in
in Experience and Skill is
in the conduct of the work
the publishers past experience in
in Cyclopedia making (notably in
The Library of Universal Know
ledge, now known-trebled in price
as the International Cyclopedia) is
good basis for the pledge he makes to
his patrons that The Manifold shall be
inferior to no other Cyclopedia in any
Of the important qualities of a popu-
lar guide to knowledge. Specimen
pages free, or a specimen volume
may be ordered and returned if not
John B. Alden, Publisher,
1893 Pearl Street, New York.